No.
Well, technically yes, but that’s not happening.
Comment on Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet
BigTrout75@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Can you have age verification and anomaminuity?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
bilb@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
And that kinda sucks, because that could actually be useful. For instance, you could set up a forum for people above the age of 40 or whatever while still letting everyone post pseudonymousy. A third party public service that can blindly attest that a person is over a certain age could be a great and convenient thing. It’s difficult to imagine such a thing happening, though.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Sure, but it’ll be used by pearl-clutchers to enforce their morality on others.
bilb@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Right, I’m imagining it as a service set up to be used if wanted/needed with no broad mandate. There are people running NSFW sites and channels that genuinely do not want minors interacting or accessing, and many would integrate this type of verification voluntarily if there was trust that it worked correctly and did not collect and distribute data about individuals. But I agree, that’s not what is on offer. So far from the UK it seems like they are letting private businesses figure it out.
JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yes, but the legislation specifically rules out that technology. The purpose is to remove anonymity.
pyre@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
the fuck happened to you at the end there
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Sounds like they’re asking about anonymous amicable anuities, and the answer is no, those are regulated by the SEC (or whatever investment governing body in your area), so you can’t legally buy an anuity anonymously, even if it’s amicable.
BigTrout75@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Ha ha ha, 🤣